# Re-adding root permission to Syncthing-Fok
**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/re-adding-root-permission-to-syncthing-fok/26958
**Category:** Android
**Created:** [July 26, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/re-adding-root-permission-to-syncthing-fok/26958 "2026-07-26T20:54:18Z")
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### Author:  [@bege](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/bege)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/re-adding-root-permission-to-syncthing-fok/26958/1 "2026-07-26T20:54:18Z")
Some time ago @nel0x said in the Syncthing-Fork repo of @researchxxl that they might add a new root permission to the app. With the change of the maintainer root permission had been removed. Thanks to repo contributors there is a CI branch that still contains the old root permission.
> [@Root access in Syncthing-Fork v2.0.14.1?](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/root-access-in-syncthing-fork-v2-0-14-1/26125/4):
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> Go to Actions Filter workflows with branch:refactorRoot. And open the latest(first) run. Scroll down to Artifacts and download the signed apk (second in the image below)
Are you @nel0x still involved in this repo or have you quit? If the latter, is there anybody else dealing with this issue in your @researchxxl repo?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/re-adding-root-permission-to-syncthing-fok/26958/2 "2026-08-25T20:54:37Z")
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